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[EleventhDoctor]

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/13/google-maps-doctor-who-tardis-easter-egg/

Gasp! I would’ve had this post written 20 minutes ago, but I was too busy geeking the hell out.

Tucked away in a single streetview image of what appears to be a mere police box, a newly discovered Google Maps easter egg lets you go inside the TARDIS.

(If you don’t know what the TARDIS is, come on.)

How to do it:

Click this link
Move your mouse around a bit. The standard Google Maps directional arrows should pop up, with one little addition: a pair of double arrows. Click those. (Note: If you’re enrolled in the new Google Maps UI beta, the arrows might not appear. Instead, hit the up arrow on your keyboard. Thanks for the heads up on this trick, Eric! If it’s still not working for you, see the note at the bottom of this post.)
Bam! You should now be in the TARDIS’ bigger-on-the-inside (smaller-on-the-outside) interior.
I figured it’d just be a single, static shot, but no: you can click all around the control room, complete with StreetView’s signature panoramas, navigating all the way down below the main platform for a glimpse at the heart of the TARDIS itself. You don’t seem to be able to click into any of the hallways — that’s probably for the better, really, as we don’t want any of you getting lost.

Can’t find your way in? Look for these arrows:

(Note: Word is that this easter egg doesn’t always work in the new Google Maps interface, which many of you have likely opted into by now. No problem — just open the link in Chrome’s incognito mode [or whatever your browser's private browsing mode might be called] and you should be back at the old Google Maps interface without requiring you to tweak any settings or log out of Google.)

Here's the link again.

 

[jwk94]

This is amazing. And someone has to say it.

 

[freenudemacusers]

what is a tardis

 

[Quick]

what is a tardis

Teeth And Rectal Disease In Slovakia

 

[Firehead]

It's smaller on the outside!

 

[Delicious Waffles]

That's awesome.

 

[Princess Viola]

Well this.

This is interesting.

 

[commedieu]

tardistroyer

 

[Sephiroth503]

That's brilliant!

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Amazing. Such a cool Easter egg. I'm into series 3 of my first go-through of Doctor Who so this is not the TARDIS I see, but still cool.

 

[Bboy AJ]

We explore the TARDIS while the NSA explores our email.

 

[lupinko]

I read this as explore the TABRIS.

 

[DieH@rd]

Amazing

 

[Kule]

I can't seem to get it working.

/edit weird, the first time i tried there was a black guy standing outside the box and i couldn't get in, loaded the url again and he was gone and the double arrows apeared.

 

[karasu]

Amazing. Such a cool Easter egg. I'm into series 3 of my first go-through of Doctor Who so this is not the TARDIS I see, but still cool.

same! *high five*

 

[WascallyWabbit]

I need access to the pool and the library

totally unacceptable, Google

 

[EleventhDoctor]

I need access to the pool and the library

totally unacceptable, Google

They were deleted.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

looks bigger on the inside

 

[User 100115]

They were deleted.

Though for a while, they were in the same room!

 

[Sorian]

I can't seem to get it working.

/edit weird, the first time i tried there was a black guy standing outside the box and i couldn't get in, loaded the url again and he was gone and the double arrows apeared.

That is really odd. Does the TARDIS have a gatekeeper?

 

[EleventhDoctor]

Though for a while, they were in the same room!

 

[Professor Renegade]

what is a tardis

 

[Zhengi]

Ok, now that is bloody amazing. I love looking around inside.

 

[Axiom]

This is relevant to my interests and I approve of this Easter Egg

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Bloody amazing! Going to my PC right now. Also got photos on that police box last month, seems to be the only one left when I went there.

 

[The Elite]

Oh shit!

 

[PJV3]

I was hoping to have a peek at the bathroom, preferably with Clara in the shower.

 

[lexi]

No swimming pool / library?

 

[Backwards Marathon]

Amazing. I love how Google will do these sort of things